Circular spring-needle knitting-machine.



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a .1. w am lllllill @lilith/@lil application tiled April 3.9, 1909.

To all lli/wm z' may @0n/cern lle it known that l., Jinizs iilKNAMnn, a. citizen ol' the United States. iesidingv at the city el ,luister-duin, in the county ot' Montgomery and State et' New 'York1 ave invented eertain' new und useful improvements in li'reular Spring lieedle Knittingllilaehines7 olf which the following is a speeitieation.

My invention relates te improvements in Circular spring needlel knitting` xnaeliines, and the ohjeet of muy invention is to provide a machine hy the use of which iahrie may he knitted in which 'there shall he enlarged and uniform openings without breaking or cutting the thread or yurn ol which it is Coniponed and wilhout relieving any oit the needles oib ilieir stitelies or loops` except t'or the purpose ot' forming new stitches. Ry the use ol' my invention the stitches are not t trinisierrei'l l :is that, terni understood in the trade, as will hereinafter appear. l attain this ohjert, lijf ineans ot the n'ieehanisin llluslratlai in the :u -eoinpauyiug drawing, in which:

ligure l. a plan oi3 a portion of :i Cireular spring needle Uniting u'iaehine, show* ing particularly the inside plaie il, needle Cylinder il?, and taille with parts broken aia-Jai nrt; `'ided with my invention. Fin, l a View al u the of Fig'. l.

Y line lM--i showing` u el /levation of the intereluuin'- ing wheel M, und littley push down wheel d, and cross section ot' the needle cylinder lV,

inside plate and lahle Ell, showing also the Wheel und manner in which ie interehanging the little p 'ndown wheel d', are mounted and ti r\...tive positions ol? said wheels and needles. Fig'. il isn View ide liners 2-F of l-Vig. l, showing; a ion ot' the iloih wheel if. and the er ur stitch wheel lll, and needle."v (l, and "e, .seetion ot the needle eylinder WT, mf ting' et cloth and sinlier .y relatiife positions ot the 2 wheel, einher wheel and the needlee. i is un enhirged plan View ol a` por tien i.' the inlei'ehangg'ing "il in engage nient with the needles, and sl'iowinnr the tops et certain needles sulfstantiallj,f inter- Fig. 5 is trent elevation, en-

larged, showing needles mounted in needie cylinder Yi", and engaged hy the interehanging wheel l und the ,sinall pushille Speccaten of Letters Patent.

Patent-ed Jain. 2li, MMSE.

Serial No, 490,867.

down wheel J, (with parts broken away), and the relative positions of the needles, and said Wheels. Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail View showing the position of the loops 0, (Y, and needles C, Ca, Cb, CQ, Cf, at successive intervals, while the interehangng wheel M and little push-down Wheel. J, are operating in connection with them. Fig. 7 is a plan view ol the plugged sinlier wheel (or stitch wheel), as seen when lying dat and not when set at the angle at which it is operated. Fig. S is a detail horizontal seet-ion ot' the plugged Sinkel? wheel shown in Fig. 'i'. when set at the angle at which it is operated, showingplugs p.

Similar letters refer 'throughout the several views.

My inxfention is lo he explained hy a description of the parts ot' two feeds and what;`

l eall an 'interehanging wheel and ittle push-down wheel, and their operation.

l adjustahly mount the Cloth wheel F, of the ordinary type in the -usual manner upon the table A, the cloth wheel engaging the outside of the eloth within the perpendicular line et the needles, in the usual manner and 'tor the usual purpose, Yin-t0 force the. stitches, formed hy the preceding feed, to the bottoni ot the needles and thusl clearing` the needles 'tor engagement with the sinlier or stitch wheel l. The sinlier wheel E, is adjustahly and yieldingly mounted upon the tahle A, and is located and adjusted in the usual manner, and diliers from the ordinaryv sinlrer wheel in its construction and operation in that it is provided with plugs"` that terni is understood in the trade` in e .wry other one ot its recesses, into which the needles enter, these plugs till the space, laterally, between their respective blades and extend outwardly from the annular Wall supporting the blades sutlieiently to close the heard of eachv needle entering a plug'ed recess. Thus the yarn will be carried ny the plugged sinker Wheel under the heard ot every other one of the needles successively as they are engaged by the plugged sinlrer wheel and outside the heard of each needle whose beard is Closed by a plum In this way yarn is supplied by the sinker wheel as it engages each of the needles, the yarn as supplied to predetermined needles whose beards have been closed. being a sur 'plus to he taken up and used ley a subseso as to close the beard 2G the plugged sinker wheel,

,operated in the usual 'the ordinary ,L als quent operation, as will hereinafter appear. ln subsequent reference to this operation, the needles whose beards are closed and with refrerence to which the of the beards are referred to as predetermined needles, while the other needles under the beards of which the yarn is laid'are referred to :intermediate needles.

The eut presser wheel G, shown in F ig. l, is adjusjtably and yieldingly mounted upon the e., and is located and operated inthe usual manner. lt is out one and one, as the expression is used in the trade, and adjusted to coact with the ,'Jlugged sinlrer Wheel E,

ot each intermediate 7 needle under which yarn has been carried by the sinlrer wheel and .not to close the beards of th i predetermined needles which have been acted upon by the plugs in in other words, the cut presser closes each beard that has not been elosed by the plugged sinlrer wheel.

'lhlsnding wheel X, shown in Fig. l, is of the ordinary type and is mounted upon the inside plate iB, and is located, adjusted and operated in the ordinary.manner, directly under the cut presser wheel Gf. The landing wheel X is used for the usual purpose, viz.,--wliile 'the out. presser is in engagement w'th the needles, to raise the stitches on the needles thus engagedto a position above the points of the beards.

The cast o'li wheel, l shown in Fig. l, is mounted upon the inside ordinary type and is located, adjusted and manner and is used ior purpose, viz.v,-raising the stitches on those needleswhose beards have been closed by the cut presser G, to a position above the of t needles, thus leaving new stitches on 4those needles, and raising to the tops of needles, but under the beards, those stitches which were not pressed ofi by' the cut presser G. Thus it will heI seen that a course of new' stitches is formed on onlyl every other needles, and that the remainder of the needles in the cylinder beards onlystitches of a preceding course formed by a preeedingfeed. lt will also be seen that loose yarn will extend from each new stitch or held loop to the adjoining new stitch or held loop ou both si'fes, over and disconnected-from the stitches of the preced f ing' course, which were not oli'.

lllhat l call an t in terchanging wheel M shown .s in g. l

v sido elevation of which is shown in llig. 2 and 3v an enlarged l,elan View in Fig. e, a circuit f disk-like wheel of convenient diameter, provided alternately with successive slots for receiving needles free and successive pairs .of .radial teeth, ll, withinterveniug recesses 5', for engaging and confining needles, the teeth projecting from its periphery substantiaiiy as shown a plan l yarn is laid outside plate B, is-of thene of the 'mounted upon the table A.

View of said teeth with intervening recesses 5, and with slots, being best shown in Fig. d.'

In the direction in which the cylinder turns,

the forward tooth of each pair is provided with a needle engaging face r, at. its inner wall, at an angle centerwardly and rearwardly from the radius of the wheel, substantially as shown, and the roar tooth or" each pair is provided with a needle engaging face .s at an angle outwardly and rearwardly from the inner wall of such rear tooth and the radius ot' the Wheel substantially as shown. The centerward point of the recess 5 is substantially of a breadth to receive a single needle wit-hout. binding and broadens as it proceeds from the body of the wheel, because ot' the angle of the face or wall T', as shown. The horizontally disposed interchanging wheel. M (see Fig. 2) is adjustably mounted upon Ythe inside plate B, by means of the ordinary horizontally disposed bracket or arm Z on the outer end of which is an upwardly projecting stub shaft Z on which thc Wheel M is journaled. `'l`he interchanging wheel is adjusted at a point slightly and conveniently below the tops of the needles and in engagement with them. According to the cut of the wheels shown in the accompanying drawings and used herein for the purpose of explanation (although they may be varied for dill'erent designs of fabric) two needles are received free, e. in their ordinary positions, in the slots and two adjacent needles are received and confined iu the recesses 5.

A second cloth Wheel of the ordinary type is adjustably mounted in the usual manner upon the table A, which is adjusted and operated in the same manner and for the same purpose ascloth wheel F, as hereinbefore described.

The little push-down wheel J, a plan ot' which, adjusted, 1s shown 1n Fig. 1 and a side elevation of which, adjusted, is shown' in Fig. 2, and a front elevation of which, with support broken away, is shown in Fig. 5, isa circullil disk-like wheel of about two inches in diameter, or other convenient dimension, and is journaled on a hori/.mitally disposed arm 13, adjustably fastened to the upwardly projecting standard 14', removably The little pushdown wheel is adjusted with reference to the needles engaged by the interclianging wheel M,. with its peripheryconveniently below' their tops, so as to engage the cloth 'slightly Within the perpendicular line of the needles and conveniently rearwardly\( as the cylinder turns) of the needles thus engaged, substantially as shown in Fig. l andv Fig. 2. There is also provided a push-down Wheel P between the little push-down wheel J and the cloth wheel the vstitches below the tops of the needles 'until they reach the cloth wheel R.

R to retain or hold down.

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Lenders wheel S, of the ordinary edit' its 'the eylindei the d sinlier Wheel S, e cut. 'Town in 01 i, is adjustm t l and opeiated -1 usual nt one und hre-e, that ein successive needles @sich ionrth i mounts upon the table 'he trede, so ns to nd not to i press oli secod needle enteri", shown in l, is f type mounted upon the and, is

f, YAv ninnner directly 5 pressa.k and for the usuel einbeore stated with reliez riding Wheel i wheel U, following the land- Y, is mounted. ,non e inside of the ordinary type und is lovlii 4v,

ed and operated in one nsnnl end, for the usnai pnioses, as here-- with reeience to cast-off invention is folthe needles, formed 1 sed down hy is carried biz the under the. heard needles and outthe suhsefignent opere,- 'ihns ac' upon vby v on their ent'presser G', of each interose heard yarn ced .i ,tried hj/ the pln'sred sinker o wl eel ont which does not. close the near-ds 't determined l needles which i y the plunjs in 'the pluggei'l Wheeh' l' the beards of the es are thns enbaged by the cnt presser,

`:heel engages the needles .witches thereon :unl raises allot the lies on the needles thus engaged to n ou.' the needles there the points ot other one of such in "ide of the lwniftswvhile Y ich stitches will he under beni-ds. 'ffne needles and stitches engaged hy the enst-oli' "Jheel H, which es to top-s of needies and onder henrs Whose stitches 'which were pr presser, the stitches prei'iousli7 icrn'ied thereon. )ry this operation new stitches or held loops nre .formed- On those needles Whose beards hnve been. closed hy the cut presser, and the loose yarn furnished by the sinlzer wheel loets beck ot those needles W ich have not heen closed by the cut presser and thus foi-nis :tree surplus or slack.' Ilie needles. are next engaged on the inside by the interchnnging 'Wheel M. is the needle cylinder W, and the interchnnging Wheel rotate, two adjacent needles ride into and nre neceivcd free in a slot 3, (Fig. 4t) and the two adjacent and succeed ing needles nre directed into, received and confined in n recess 5. Two needles nre directed into n recess, as follows: The needle enga-ging face y', engages the-first oi' two adjacent needles to enter n recess 5, slightly kretaroing and springing it haci: und the needle engaging face s, engages the second ot' the two last mentioned needles springing it slightly outward nndt'orward, so that ns the cylinder and interchnnging wheel rotute and the face s intersects the line through the centers of the cylinder und interchnnn'ing wheel at an angle sutiiciently obtuse, the said second needle is iorced into the recess 5, nlongi` with and against, but

.1 fmt i. )iM it alter, he iis or seni (ist mationen.. Wo needles, hy the inward spring oi the seid second needle, the forward movement oi the cylinder land the said tooth et. rihus the heel-C of the second needle to enter n recess 5, will bear against the Yfront of the beard' et the first needle so entering the sume recess, and the said second needle Will be substantially iush with the intersection ot the inner Well of the tooth e, and the fece 3. lt Will he observed in this connection that the needle eng-:aging devices of the intcivn changing Wheel, by reason of the location o' seid Wheel Within the circuler patn of the needles, and the smaller diameter ofv the intcrchanging Wheel, while the latter is mounted in plane parallel with the path oi the needles, approach the needles to the point ot' intersect-ion, engnge the needles, move with the needles for n prescribed distance, and then recede from the nath ot the needles, liberating thein. lo per init of their resuming their relutive normal positions. liti'oreover, it` wiilhe noted that :is each needle engaging' device on the inten changing; Wheel reaches the point of inte1- section with the path of the needles, the forward needle engaging 'tace r is deflected rearwardly and inwardly to effect anv inward deflection of the needle as the latter is retarded and thus sprung to the-rear, with reference to the direction of movement of the series of needles. On the other hand, the rearward needle engaging' face s, being disposed at an angle outwardly and rearwardly 'from the inner wall of the adjacent tooth and the radius ojt the wheel, 'tends to force the rearward needle of the pair engaged by the needle engaging device outward and forward. The abrupt bevel at the outer extremity of the wall s serves to facilitate the release of the engaged needles as each needle engaging device begins to recede from the path ot the needles. rlhis effect of re'tarding and inwardly deiectingry thel forward oli' a pair of needles and of detlecting outwardly and advancing the rearward of said engaged needles is due to the relative positions of vthe ,needle engaging faces which converge inwardly the interchanging wheel, tl e forward'needle- -engagingr 'face being disposed obliqliely or at an inclination to 'the radius olf the interchanging wheel while tile-rearward engaging face is disposed substantially on a radius ot' the interchanp'inp; wheel. and the result of this action of the needle engaging faces upon the forward and rearward ot' two engaged adjacent needles is to cause the needles to intersect each other below their upper extremities or terminals on a plane radial of the path ot the needles. rlhe interchanging wheel is set77 to co-aciv with the plugged sinlrer wheel E, and the cut presser' (l, so that a needle to enter a recess 5, lirst shall be a needle under whose beard no yarn has been fed by the plugged sinker wheel E, and whose heard was not closed by the cut presser (l, and also so that the second needle to be forced into the same recess shall be a .needle under whose beard yarn was led by the plugged sinker wheel and whose beard was closed by the cut presser G. Thus the outer ot the two needles in a recess 5, will have on it a new stitch, and the adjacent needles on each side of it in the cylinder will have under their beards only stitches of a preceding course. As the needle cylinder and the interchanging wheel continue to rotate, the top of the forward needle (of thetwo confined) is sprung; backward and the top of the rearward et said two needles is sprung forward v(substantially as shown in Figs. el, 5 and (i), so that they become crossed and their tops substantially inter- `changed by reason of the forward movement of the needle cylinder W, and the interchanging wheel M, andthe flexibility of the needles. Atthlis point the little pushdown wheel J, becomes e'iecthfe. lt is so adjusted Within the 1perpendicular line ot the needles with the peripher;U slightly and conveniently below the tops ol. the needles that it engages the cloth on the outside and i of the forward movement of the cylinder and interchanging wheel, the formation of the teeth of said wheel as shown and the resiliency of the needles` It is thus' seen that by the opera-tion of the interchanginp wheelin crossing" the needles as described and by the operation of the little push-down wheel J, in forcing the stitches inward and down below the tops or' the needles while crossed, and holding them there while said needles are crossed that the loop or stitch ot the second needle entering a recess 5, is carried or vdrawn over and outside of the needle thus entering said recess first, and that said last mentioned needle will still bear its own stitch entirely and also both strands of the stitch belonging to the needle entering the same recess last. lt is at this point in the operation that the surplus yarn, hereinbefore referred to is lotgreat advantage and is utilized As yarn furnished by the plugged sinker wheel is fed under the bea-rds of every other needle onl hereinbetore referred to as intermediate needles, and is laid outside of the beards of predetermined needles, from the latter complished by drawing into said held loops or stitches the loose yarn produced by the dropped loops adjacent toy and respectively succeedingthe held loops` through the loop in the preceding course ot' which it is held.. Owing to this provision of the machine, comparatively. light or weak yarn may be employed. 4The stitches are next engaged by the cloth wheel R, which forces all of them to the. bottoms of the needles in the usual way, for the purpose. of clearing the needles 'for engagement with the sinker wheel S. f l`hesin'ker wheel S supplies yarn to all of the needles, under their beards in the usual manner. The beards of the needles vneedles which entered si recess 5, lust und Whose. strands are borne over und .iround an adjacent needle :is before z'lescrlbell. While the beards of the needles ure beineclosed by the cut presser T, as ubove stated. the lending wheel Y, engages the suid needles and stitches thereon und raises ull ot thosex stitches to a. point on the needles above the points of the beards, the yurn on the necdles Whose beards were not closed by the cut presser T, being under the beards and the other stitches being outside of the beards. The needles end stitches are next engaged by the crust-oil Wheel il, which raises the yarn on the needles Whose beards were not closed by the cut presser T, to the top of such needles but under `their beards, and raises all of the other stitches over and ofi from the tops of the needles.

While my machine is provided With a plugged sinker Wheel, and e cut presser Wheel cut and adjusted to coef-.t with it, for

the purpose, among other things of supply ing surplus yarn to the stitches which are to be carried over and around the needles adjacent to needles holding such stitches, thus facilitating the operation of the other parts of my invention, and avoiding the straining or breaking of the yarn, it is possible to accomplish the interchenging of the needles as described ,ind the carrying of stitches of needles over and around en edj scent needle iithout the use or" the plugged sinker Wheel and the eut presser cut and 2idjusted to eoact with it.

While my invention :is herein described, and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, interchanges two adjacent needles in each succeeding group of four needles and carries a loop or stitch of one needle oi such group of four over and around another adjacent needle of such group, it is epparent that by changing the teeth in the interchanging Wheel. so as to engage and confine two needles in :i group of any nurnber "other than four., and by changing the plugged sinlrer Wheel and the cut presser,to correspond, in accordance with the principle described, it is possible to very the mecha" nisin so :is to forni many gures and patterns Without departing from the principle ot my invention.

llllhet l claim is 1. In s circular knitting Inseiine, means for producing loops, including devices for forming the same upon predetermined needles nd dropping the saine therefrom to constitute a free surplus or sleek in the strand between the held loops, ineens for 'elongating and carrying cert-sin of the held v means for moving the yarn to the 1,.

around i'uedles devoid oi? loops et the 'course to lullr up seid surplus or sliulr. und incuns ior rusting oil si id 'formed loops und inleruxesliing,v llieni with loops ci' u surcei-dii'ig course.

ln ii circular knitting nnicliine, the combination vvil'li suiluble bearded needles, el. ineens tor' lor-ruine loops on und curryi the strands under tbe beards or', predetermined beurded needles i'or the purpose of producing held loops on such needles und forming loops on und withholding said strands trein passing under the beards other predetermined bearded needles und ineens for dropping the loops troni the lest mentioned needles for the purpose of con .st-itutiinfir u tree surplus in siiid strands be tween the held loops, means 'for subserpiently labsorbing said surplus by elongsting, the held loops, :ind ineens for eustug oil seid' held loops und internieshinnj thorn with loops of zi succeedinga course.

3. ln o circuler knitting mso ine, the colnbiniition with suitable needles, of ineens 'for forming' loops on and carrying the st ends under the beards of predetermined i'ieedles for the purpose ot prod' cing held loops on such needles, end i'orn'iing loops on, :ind withholding seid strands from pese ing under the beside of, other predeten ruined needles und ineens for dropping the sinne from said lust nientioneil needles for the purpose ol constitutiiunr l loops suine stre: le` belive n the held n ds et ce1 in h es devoid nl' :and

loops thus carried by el plus, and nie-uns cos. loops :ind terineshing there u succeeding course.

4. ln u knitting seid held 'with loops et the combinemscliine,

`tion with the vbeneden needles, of menne for lnvino' fui-n outside the beards oi indetermined., :ind under the beards of zterinediete, needles ineuns tor ciosine' onl'f the beards of seid intermediate needles, and

ineens Ator moving 'the yarn to the entremi- 'ties oit the needles to dren or throw oil the yarn troni the predeterini eu needles pro-A duce free surplus or slack.

5. ln n knitting inucf'fie, the combine tion with the beurd yd needles., of nienns for layingthe yarn outside the beards oit predetermined, ;ind under the hv ds ory interw mediate, needles, cut

for the beards oi seid intermediate ne ice ics

.for closing the beards of said Vintermediate needles, and means for moving the yarn'to -'the extremities of the needles to drop or throw ott the yarn :trom said predetermined `needles to produce free surplus or sl ack.

7. ln a knitting machine, means for pro- (lacing loops, including devices for forming the' sameupon predetermined and intermediate needles, means ,for dropping the same from the predetermined needles to constitute a free surplus or slack in the strand be tween the held loops, and means for crossing loop-holding needles with l, adjacent needles, and cooperating means for@` depressing the. yarn,`to carry said held loops around said adjacent needles, to thereby elongate said held loops to take up said free surplus or slack.

8. In a knitting machine, means for nroducing loops, including devices fororming' the same upon predetermined and intermediate needles, means for dropping` the same from the predetermined needles to constitute a tree surplus or slack in the strand between the held loops, and means for crossing loopholding needles with adjacent needles, and

' cooperating' means for depressing the yarn,

to carry both threads et said held loops around said adjacent needles.

9. ln a circular spring needle knitting' machine, the combination with the needles, of a cloth wheel; a plugged stitch wheel in operative relation to the cloth wheel and acting' coincident with it; a cut presser wheel following' the plugged stitch -wlicel in operative relation to the cloth Wheel, said cut presser Wheel being cutand adjusted to coact and correspond with the plugged stitch Wheel; a'landing wheel in operative relation to the cut presser wheel and acting coincident Withiit; a cast-oit Wheel subsequent lin operation'lto the cut presser wheel and landing Wheel; an interchanging wheel pro vided with a series of openings along its periphery and acting on the needles subsequent to the action of ithe cast-olf wheel, certain of the openings ih the periphery of the intercliaungingr Wheel receiving needles free, and certain other openings receivingradially a plurality of needles at once and causing the tops of said last mentioned needles to interchange their positions relative to each other; and a small push-down wheel immediately following and above the interchanging wheel and acting coincident with it; all of said Wheels being; in opera-tive relation to the needles.

l0. ln a` circular spring needle knitting' machine, the combination with the needles, of a cloth Wheel, a pluggedI stitch wheel in operative relation with the clothvvheel and acting coincidentally therewith, a cut presser Wheel following the plugged stitch Wheel in loops, means for elonga operative relation with the cloth Wheel, said cut presser wheel being cut and adjusted to coact and correspond with the plugged stitch wheel, a landing' Wheel in operative relation with the cut presser wheel and act ing' coincidentally therewith, a casteil Wheel operating' subsequent to the cut presser wheel and landing,1 Wheel, and interchanfringr means operating upon the needles and the stitches to cause the top of one needle to change rits position with reference to the top ot an adjacentneedle, to carry both strands' of a loop of oneneedle beyond the other needle. I

1l. ln a circular spring; needle linittingg machine, series otneedles; a cloth wheel; a plugged stitch wheel; a presser wheel out to correspond with the plmrged stitch wheel,

a landing wheel; a cast-oil wheel, an interchanging Wheel provided with means 'for causing one needle to interchange its position with an adliaccn't needle; al small pushdown wheel to operate upon the stitches ot the needles thus interchanged; means -for holding do vn the stitches 'belowJ Vthe tops of the needles after the needlestnaefe been interchanged and have sprang back; a cloth wheel: a stitch wheel; a cut presser wheel so constructed that one ormore needles shall be engagedand; pressed ott by the presser wheel oeorc one is passed by it; a landing' wheel and a casteil' wheel; the several wheels beine in operative relation to the needles and arranged one relative tothe other and operating in the order named upon any one part et the series of needles.

l2. a circular knittingI machine, means for producing loops including devices for forming;` the same upon predetermined needles and dropping the same therefrom to provide surplus in the strand between the held loops, means for elongating the held loops and absorbing the surplus in the strand, and means ttor casting; ofi" the formed loops and interineshinau them with loops ot a succeeding strand.

13. ln a circular knitting; machine, means for producing' loops, including; bearded needles, means for carrying a strand beneath the beards oi' predetermined needles for the purpose or" forming loops on such needles and withholdii f said strands from passing; under the bea of otl' r needles, said last mentioned means including a plugged sinlrer wheel, means :tor dropping the loops thus formed 'from said last mentioned needles for the purpose of constitut in g a. surplus in the strand betr-.reen the held -J talcw ingl up the surplus, and me oilE the formed loops and inter ieshine; them with loops of a succeedir strand.

14. In a circular knitting machine, means for forming` loops,I said means including; bearded needles, means for carrying strands s 1er casting,f

under the beards of predetermined needles to form loops on such needles, means for prei/'enting| said strands from passing under the beards of other predetermined needles and dropping them from the last mentioned needles for the purpose of constituting a surplus n the strands between the held loops, means for subsequently taking up the sur plus b v elongating the held loops, and means JAMES MGNAMEE Witnesses:

B. M. SHEA, XVM. J. D. LAMATER. 

